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Local news from around Manitoba and Saskatchewan.

Union recognizing growing role, higher demand for substitute teachers

Better support could assist in recruiting and retaining substitute teachers that are in high demand across Manitoba.

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Fish hatchery an eye-opening experience

Saskatchewan Fish Hatchery offers public tours from May until September long weekend, offering a glimpse into the 110-year old operation that produces fish to enhance Saskatchewan's sport angling.

Nobody 2 is the latest action film to make Winnipeg a bloody mess

“When I found out we would be shooting in Winnipeg around the end of October I knew it would be cold as hell," said Indonesian director Timo Tjahjanto.

Discovery Centre re-discovering Triceratops fossil Frankie

Frankie was set aside while its famous reptilian cousin Scotty the T.Rex was being cleaned and prepared for display.

An Australian family’s unlikely move to Manitoba

As any modern pioneering family does: They went on Facebook. The post was simple, a call for land within an hour or two of Winnipeg, preferably with trees for privacy, electricity, maybe water.

Drone spraying not yet approved for Canadian crop producers

Following the product label is the law and off-label pesticide use, including mode of application, can compromise market access.

Gimli Glider story to be featured by National Geographic

The crew is scheduled to film at the Gimli Glider Exhibit and the original landing site over two days.

Southern Health region households ignored public health measles directives, May documents reveal

Some affected families are allowing their unimmunized, asymptomatic children who are household contacts to cases to attend school.

Chlorination or closure: tensions rise over community well closures in Southeast Manitoba

Officials argue that while the water from the source may be clean, filling a contaminated tank could create a public health risk if the water is later consumed.

The janitor who became Manitoba’s weatherman

When he started The Weather Centre of Manitoba back in 2013, Oertel’s audience was a dozen friends from Crocus Plains High School. Now it’s a province-wide platform people check before they check Environment Canada.

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